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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
07/27/2008 – 9:43 pm | 2 Comments
How I Spent My Summer Vacation

This post does not have anything to do with business or software but I was out for the past few weeks and everyone is going to ask “how was the trip” so I thought I …

Things That Work Well in ZOHO CRM: – Sheet View
07/13/2008 – 11:15 pm | Comments Off
Things That Work Well in ZOHO CRM: – Sheet View

Introduction here
As far as I know Sheet View is exclusive to ZOHO CRM. A common task (chore) in the management of any CRM system is editing large swaths of data at once. Some systems like …

Things That Work Well in ZOHO CRM: – Introduction
07/07/2008 – 1:39 pm | 4 Comments

I mentioned how we found, well more stumbled upon ZOHO CRM in this post.  At the time it seemed too cheap to be considered.  How can anything that costs so much less than the competition …

Part 5 – Finding the right CRM solution
06/17/2008 – 3:17 pm | 2 Comments
Part 5 – Finding the right CRM solution

I did not want to make the same mistake twice.  We looked in depth at all the viable CRM apps currently available.  At one point I realized that we should have just bitten the bullet …

About Me
06/16/2008 – 5:41 pm | Comments Off

I found this profile on one of my old blogs.  I thought it was still appropriate because I am still pursuing business process automation as my main role at D-Tools.  In the software business it …

Radio Silence
06/16/2008 – 5:39 pm | Comments Off

What a flake.  I just realized that my last post was over four months ago.  Sorry.  We bought a CRM software package to replace NetSuite about 18 months ago, spent a small fortune converting the data, …

A Tale of Two Customer Service Experiences
01/31/2008 – 3:36 pm | One Comment

I recently experienced two dramatically different customer service experiences that I think we could all learn from.  In both cases these were corporate sales where repeat business is the most sought after result.  …

My New HVAC System – Part 3: The Result
01/22/2008 – 1:10 pm | Comments Off

In Part 1 I described the sales and design process of my new HVAC System. In Part 2 I went over the installation. To recap, my furnace went out late last year. I purchased a …

Software: Build or Buy?
01/17/2008 – 5:05 pm | One Comment
Software: Build or Buy?

I was reading this post in CEPro this morning about the AudioVisions software centric business process. Based on what I read, they have spent many years creating custom software that links all of their internal …

How to Deliver Neat and Clean Installations
01/15/2008 – 1:18 pm | Comments Off

Great article in CEPro here.

The Changing Face of Residential Integration
01/14/2008 – 5:16 pm | One Comment

I bought a Windows Vista Media Center Edition (VMCE)  Dell XPS 420 late last year to replace my aging  DIY  MCE that started life about three years ago.   The main difference between these two …

My New HVAC System – Part 2: The Installation
01/10/2008 – 4:18 pm | Comments Off

In Part 1: I described the sales and design process of my new HVAC system.  In this installment I will attempt to elaborate on the installation process. 
If memory serves me right, I signed an agreement on December 18th …